He enjoyed a 46% success rate in the group stage, correctly guessing the outcome of 22 of the 48 games.

They return to Moscow for the game against Croatia, having played in the Russian capital in the last 16 against Colombia, albeit at the smaller Spartak Stadium.

"If France go to the final against England, I think England will beat them".

Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti and Real Madrid's Raphael Varane have formed a solid partnership in central defence; Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante have been strong in midfield; and Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud offer a pacy and well-balanced attack. "Not even in my wildest dreams, and I am a big dreamer, would I have imagined this", he said.

"They made a commitment of trying to help each other become a high-performance squad and to come together to be as good as we can at worldwide level has been a two-year process".

"At the World Cup we have teams who profit from players of other countries, with the justification that these players have the nationality of their team". They have a good squad depth and know what they need to do in order to win a game.

"When I was playing against Monaco he had only played about 10 matches".

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